A little more than a year ago, in the fall of 2011, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 business was basking in the glow of the “Kinect Effect”. Interest in the motion controller was… Read More
Let’s just call it the Amazon.com impact. An executive for Barnes & Noble tells The Wall Street Journal that it will close down as many as 20 stores per year… Read More
It was already 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon of Startup Weekend UW when a group of five collegiates realized their business idea was not going to work. There was an already-established… Read More
Zillow and Trulia have been at each other’s throats for years now. The two online real estate companies just don’t really like one another. Now, we’re getting a front row… Read More
We’ve all encountered those questionable Craigslist ads: one person looking for an “R. Kelly Impersonator,” another selling a portable stripper pole — the list goes on. Personally, when I see… Read More
As you are probably well aware by now, Congress passed a federal crowdfunding law. This was really exciting. But the federal law is problematic for many, many reasons. What are… Read More
In between Washington’s most well-known sports stars from past and present, there was one geek running around Benaroya Hall Friday night asking questions completely unrelated to the Sonics, Seahawks or… Read More
“Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life,” says Cesar Kuriyama in the promo video for his new iPhone app. The day he turned 30,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re pleased to be joined by one of our former Geeks of the Week, Yaw Anokwa. He’s a graduate of the University of Washington computer… Read More
Square COO Keith Rabois is departing the mobile payments company due to sexual harassment allegations. Rabois penned a blog post about his decision, denying the allegations but saying that he did not want… Read More
New cellphones purchased after this Saturday Jan. 25, 2013 can be unlocked only with the permission of the carrier; phones purchased before Sunday are exempt from this restriction and have… Read More
I’m honored to be the guest this weekend on Four Peaks TV, hosted by journalism vet Hanson Hosein of the University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media program. We… Read More
I wish I knew how many books Bill Gates has read in his life. The man inspires me to read more, and now he’s out with a recommended reading list… Read More
Order Mapper founder Jim Bricker tried to raise seed capital in Seattle. But the former Microsoft and Avanade developer didn’t have much luck, so he relocated to Dallas for the… Read More
Startups come up with some really cool and also really odd company names. The Wall Street Journal had some fun this morning and asked readers to separate award-winning European startups… Read More
Once a year, Bill Gates pens an annual letter that recaps the work being done around the world that’s helping the less fortunate. Before his 2013 words come out next… Read More
Computer makers have known for a long time that Microsoft’s Windows 8 would attempt to move the PC operating system much further into the world of tablets and touch-screen devices.… Read More
An essay called “Guns,” completed by Stephen King a week ago, was published this morning as a Kindle Single, exclusive to Amazon. It’s a thought-provoking commentary on our culture, the… Read More
“Why so serious?” — The Joker in Batman Returns. If you are fortunate enough to be building software for a living, do us this small favor: Put a little more personality… Read More
Deep underneath the streets of Seattle exist two rooms separated by a few steps, both dedicated to the art of wine storage. On one side is an office of sorts,… Read More
In his previous life, Scott Porad ran the technical operations for one of the world’s largest cat blogs: I Can Has Cheezburger. But now Porad, who left Cheezburger last month,… Read More
Amazon.com caters to startups, largely so that early-stage companies will jump on its Web services platform. One of the ways that the Seattle online retailer has reached out to the… Read More
During last week’s GeekWire podcast, Todd Bishop and John Cook had the opportunity to chat with search industry veteran and startup entrepreneur Vanessa Fox, a former Google employee who was responsible… Read More
Ignition Partners has experienced a number of transformations over the years, launching a fund in China and debuting a fund just for later-stage deals. Now, the Bellevue venture capital firm… Read More
The University of Washington is already a budding hub for computer science. Now, with some help from a national laboratory, the Seattle campus will become even more of a CS… Read More
Microsoft this afternoon posted earnings per share of 76 cents for the December quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations by 1 cent. However, the company’s revenue of $21.46 billion for the… Read More
When the name Ashton Kutcher comes up, we might think of That 70s Show, Demi Moore or even Zaarly. Now you can add Steve Jobs to that list. Kutcher is… Read More
Over 100 Internet advocates, journalists and other organization members penned an open letter to Microsoft today, urging the Redmond software giant to be more transparent with its Skype software. In… Read More
We first encountered BuildersCloud at GeekWire’s Startup Day last fall when 28-year-old co-founder Andrey Nokhrin took the first place prize in the Elevator Pitch competition. Well, the Bellevue startup continues to… Read More
Rajeev Chand has been named director of product development at Hark, the Seattle startup that distributes hundreds of thousands of sound clips from movies and TV shows. Chand, who will manage… Read More